Lock collar-button



R. J. MCCREDIE.

LOCK COLLAR BUTTON.

APPLICATION mgn NOV. 22. 1918.

Patented Jan. 13, 1920.

UNITED STATES PATENT o FIo REID J. MCCREDIE, 0F. BUFFALO, NEWTYORK. I

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Y '0 all whom it may concern;

Be it known that I, REID J. MCGREDIE,:-&"' citizen of the United States, residing at Buffalo, in the county of Erie and State of New York, have invented a .certain'neW and useful Improvement in Look Collar-Buttons, of which the following. is a specifica; tion. y

This invention relates to an improved collar button and the principal object of the invention is to provide a collarbutton so, constructed that it fmay be put in place in the buttonhole of 'acollar band and locked;

therein thus preventing danger of'thef buts. ton working loose or becoming. lost.

Another object of the invention is to so, construct thisv collar button that it may be easily put in place and locked. y c

Another object of the invention is 'toso construct this collar button thatthe head thereof will be;retain"edli1i.an adjusted position thus permitting the head to be easily passed through the buttonhole ot' a collar and then turned to a position retaining the collar upon the button.

Another object of the invention is to provide a collar button which will be simple in construction, efficient in operation and which may be placed upon the market at a minimum cost.

This invention is illustrated in the accomp anying drawings wherein:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of the improved button,

Fig.9 is a sectional view of the button Fig. 3 is a view partially in section and partially in elevation of the element which passes through the buttonhole of the collar band. I

This collar button is provided with a main section and an anchoring section, the anchoring section having a base 6 from which extends a corrugated tongue 6 for passing through the buttonhole of the collar band. This tongue has been corrugated so that the main button section may be securely looked upon the tongue as will be hereinafter brought out and the collar band clamped between the base of the anchoring section and the base of the collar engaging section or main button and thus the button held in place. This main button or collar engaging section is provided with a standard 7 extending upwardly from a base 7 at one edge of a slot 13 and this standard is provided with side flanges 5 thus providing Specification of, Iaztters Patent.

Patented 'Jan. 13, 1920.

Application filed November 22, 1918. Serial No. 263,712. a 9

guides for engaging the tongue 6 and re taining the tongue in proper relation to the standard. It should be noted that this standard is corrugated buttoa less extent than the tongue 6 as clearly shown in Fig.2

therebypermitting a firm interlocking engagement between the tongue. and standard when the button is locked upon the anchor- A bracket. 4 is fastened upon v the base 7 and has its bearingarms provided with openings forming sockets to rea ing element.

ceive the pivot pins 3 of the locking lever 1.: ThlS locking lever 1 is positioned as shown in .Fig. 2 with its inner endportion' .[bent to provide a spring head 2 Whichwill I engage the corrugated tongue 6 and force :this tongue into locking engagement with the corrugated standards 7 when the lever is swung to the. locking position. The re siliency. of thisv spring head will give the proper binding action to prevent the lock-" Y .ing lever from Working loose and releasing the collar button. A head 12 is provided for this button and is provided with bearing lugs 9 which are positioned upon oppo site sides of the spring tongue 10 and are adapted to receive the pivot pins 8 carried by the tongue of the standard 7. By providing a slot 11 in the standard the resiliency of the latter is increased thereby maintaining the head 12 in adjusted position, thus permitting the head 12 to be easily swung to extend either parallel to the standard or at rightangles to the same thus permitting the head to be passed through the buttonhole of a collar and then turned to retain the collar in place upon the button.

In the operation the anchoring member will be placed in the buttonhole of the collar band and the button or collar engaging element will then be put in place with the tongue 6 extended through theslot 13 and into engagement with the standard and flanges 5 of the standard. The locking lever will now be swung to the locking position and will engage the tongue to move the tongue into tight engagement with the corrugated standard and retain the collar engaging member in tight engagement with the tongue. The collar band will now be firmly secured between the base 6 of the anchoring member and the base 7' of the collar engaging member and there will be no danger of the collar button working loose and becoming lost. The head will be turned to extend substantially parallel to the standard and the head and standard can then be easily passed through the buttonholc of the collar. After the collar is in place the head will be turned to extend at rightanglesto the standard and the collar will be retained in place. It will thus be seen that there has been provided a collar button in WlllCll the collar engaging member can be securely locked in place and turther that there has been provided a collar button in which the locking and releasing of the;colla-1 engaging member will be easy to acco1nplish.-

What 1s claimed 1s: 1. A collarbutton comprising a collar engaging section having a base provided with a slot, a standard extending from the base,

to one side of the slot and provided .with side flanges positioned about the end .por-

tions of thevslot, a bracket carried by thew. base, 'a locking lever pivotally connected with thebracket having itsinnerend por-; tion provided with a resilient head, and

anchoring element having a base and a tongue extending through'the: slot formedin the; base of the collar engaging element and into-engagement with the standard and.

flanges, the locking lever when swung-to a locking position engaging the tongue vto: clamp the SQIHIQJH engagement w1th'thestandard.;

iverselyvcorrugated, the locking lever when swung, to anoperative position engaging-the corrugated tongue to hold the same in interlooking engagement-with; the corrugated 1 standard. 1-

3. .A collar button comprisinga collar engaging elelnent and an anchoring element,

the collar engagingielenienthaving a base provided witha slot-and a standard extend- 'ingfrom thebase adjacent the, slot, the anchoring element having a base and a tongue extending from the base and adapted to pass -thr0ugh-the buttonhole of a collar band and through theislot "of" the baseof said collar engaging element, said tongue and standard lha'ving corrugations and meanscarried by the collar engaging-eleinent-for releasably holding the tongue and standard corrugationsm'n inter-fitting relations REID J. MCGREDIE. 

